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Logbook of the Beluga (Steam bark), out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Hartson H. Bodfish, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, on voyage from 30 March 1897-1899 October 4

by: Beluga (Steam bark); Beluga (Steam bark); Bodfish, Hartson H.

Publication date: 1897
Topics: Griffith, Edwin L., Bowhead whale, Indigenous people, Medicine, Naval, Mutiny, Seafaring life, Sealing--California--San Francisco, Seals (Animals), Sperm whale, Voyages and travels, Walrus, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whales, Whaling--California--San Francisco, Whaling masters, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Beaufort Sea--Description and travel, Cape Bathurst (N.W.T.)--Description and travel, Diomede Islands (Alaska and Russia)--Description and travel, Herschel Island (Yukon)--Description and travel, Port Clarence (Alaska)--Description and travel, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Smyth, Cape (Alaska)--Description and travel, Illustrations, Logbooks, Marine accidents, Punishment, White whale, Bering Strait--Description and travel, Chukchi Sea--Description and travel, Dutch Harbor--Description and travel, Sketches
Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals; newbedfordwhalingmuseum; americana
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Item Size: 255.2M

Partial log, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, relating to a whaling voyage to the Arctic Ocean, Bering Strait, and Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Includes descriptions of types of whales (bowhead and sperm whale), seals, and walrus seen or taken, accidents and death at sea, Indigenous people, mutiny, and punishment at sea; and whale stamp (pencil sketches). Other places represented include Saint Lawrence Island, Port Clarence, and Dutch Harbor; Repository also has microfilm of Logbook (Reel 912);